Electrical



(No Model.)

B. A. Mom-"0m. ELECTRICAL BREECH LOADING FIRE ARM.

Patented July 5 1887,

45 battery passes Application tiled Elm-ember 18, 1882. 1983, No. 123-, in France (3 Ply 9, 1981!. $0,156

EDGAR. A. MONFORT, or new irons,

PANY, or SAME PLACE.

n. Y., Asstc-Non, r Muslin 'Asstcn- MEursro/rnn "untrue-sail sLiioTuic ARMS ,Ann nnunrrroucorr erecrmcatsaszcwroaoanc Fansama -sruczrrcarron forming part, cf Letters Patent No. 365,843, harm s, 1887.

Renewed March 2i, lSESH J in Electrical Breech Loading Fire-Arms. of

which the following is a specification.

'- This invention relates to a hreecl'i-loadlng fire-arm in which an accumulator vsecondary battery or any suitable electric generator is 1' located within the stock and the charge fired 'corrodible metal contacts.

block and its adjuncts.

by means of an electric current derived from sa d battery and passed through a platinum wire which connects the terminals of the conducting-wires within the charge of powder on a cartridge with whieh the gun is loaded.

, The object of myixnprovement is to'insure connection between the wires in the cartridge and the poles of the battery whentthe gun is closed, and to such end I provide the'breechblock with two non'cor'rodible nietalcontacts insulated from each other and disposed as hereinafter described.

Afurther object is to provide simple and effective means for making and .r-reaking the circuit, whereby the gun can be tired by op erating the circuit-breaker, which serves as a trigger, and by means of which the current is passed through the'wires in the cartridge.

These objects I attain by means of the devices illustrated in the annexed drawings, in

' which- Figure l is a longitudinal section through a brcech-loadin g fire-arm provided with my inn proveinents. Fig. 2 is a top or plan View of a portion of thesame. Fig. 3 is an enlarged end view of the breech -block carryingv the non- Fig. 4c represents through the breech- Fig. 5 shows an end view and a longitudinal section of the can tridge em plcyed.

A indicates the stool; oi thegun', within the butt of which is arranged any suitable electric generator, 13. One of the wires, b, from the forward through stock of the-gun to a metal plate, 0, which is located in rear of the breech-block. The remaining a longitudinal section a longitudinal loo,- e,

battery wire, b, counectswith a spring plate, i), secured at one end within a recess in the under side ot' the stool-i. Thefrcc end ot'this spring is providc-tlwit h a pnstrhutton, D, which works throughan 'opeuing in ti-capplate secured to the stool reccss.- This push-button, which projects from the under side of the the point where the trigger of agun is usually found, so as to serves as the circuit maker and breaker, will, when the puslrbutton is pushed inwardly, be

t so to cover the be conveniently manipulated by a person firing the gun. ,This spring,which stock, islocated at broughtin contact witha metalplate, Eclectrically connected with abolt, Rwhicl scrves to connect said plate'witlrt-he metal bed-plate G for the breech-blocl:.-

H indicates the brceclrblock, which, in the, 'presentiustance, is hinged upon. a pintle, h,

so that it can be opened and swung to one side for loading.

the pintle, so that it can when open be pushed back, so as to cause the extractor to eject the cartridge. In such case the spring I, arranged upon the pintle, serves to throw the breechblock forward after the cartridge has been extracted. The hreclrhloch is provided with in which is located apin, K, insulated from the breech-block by means of any suitable tube, L, ot'insulatingmaterial. This pin, which is carried by the breechblock, projects rearwardly from the same, and when the breech-block is closed comes in contact with the metal plate G, which is insulated from the bed-plate F of the breech-block.

In the forward end of the breech-block are secured two platinum. or other 'non-oxidizable metal contacts, one of which, M, is made in the form of a thin. annular plate seated in the bioclrarou'nd the tubular insulator L, while the other, N, is in theform of a thin disk fitted within such tube of insulating material and applied against the end of pin K..

The cartridge 0, which constitutes the sub,- ject of aseparatc application; is provided with two longitudinal conductors, P B, which pass .The breech-block can be provided with an ext motor and be hinged upon througha block, Q, of some insulating matetilting barrel, as well as be preserved, and by rial in the head their terminals connected near the base of the shot or bullet by means of a platinum wire, The outereuds of these conductors project slightly ontdfrom the outer face offblock Q, in the cartridge, cat'ed at the center of the block and the other eccentric to the center thereof. breech block is elosed,-the central wire, P, of the cartridge with which the gun is loaded will be in connection with one of the battery- Wires through the plate O,"p'in K, andthe contact N at the forward end vof the pin, while it, now, the pu'sh-pin is pressedinwardly, so as to hriugfspring-plate D. in'contact with plate E, the wire Pf LhebaLtei'y Wire Z) thrmgh the said spring and plate, the bolt P, the :breech-pl'ate, the

breechblock, and the contact M in the laiter;

but it will be obvious 'lhat this last-described arrangement of connections couldbe greatly modified without departing from my inventi'on, and, it will also'be tion could be'applied ,to a gun having a hinged 'to a gun having a fixed barrel. and-a hinged'orsliding breechblock. By employing platinum or nickel contactsonth'e breech-block clean contacts will of a disk 'nsulated bya ringfroni in the form I from an outer contact-ring, certainty of connection between the poles of the battery and the Wires in the cartridge when the'breech-block is closed or the barrel tilted down will be in sared, since the disk will come in contact with the central wire of the cartridge, and-the metal ring will-be brought in'contact with the re:

mai'ning wire of l the cartridge, although the of the cartridge, and have one of saideudsbeinglo-.

\Vhen the will be in connection with substantially as described.

seen that my in-ven arrangingsaid contacts latter may be turned so -as 'to bring 'the outer end of said wire above,

side of the central Wire.

. To fire-the gun, the puslrbutton is pressed.

inwardly, so as to operate the spring and close the circuit.

said wire incandescent, ahd thereby causes the ignition of the powder.

1. In a fir'e'ari'n'in which the charge is ig nited by an electrical current passing through a platinum wire connecting the terminals of two conductors which arepassed intothe.

below, or to either The current passing thnough'the platinum wire in the cartridge rendersthe powder within the cartridge, the two noncorro'dible contacts insulated from each" otherand located in the'forward end of the breech-. block, Isaid contacts,bein'g respectivelyf in electrical connection withthe'poles ol the battery,

the gun is loaded and closed ready for firing,

2. The combination, withathebreech-block, of'thepin K, provided-with a non-corrodible contact, N, and insulated from theflreechblock through which it passes, the annular non-corrodible contact M, secured in the breech-bloclcan'd insulated from-the pin and its contact, and metallic connections, substan tially as described, between the poles of the battery and the said pin and breeclhblock', for the purpose speeified.-

In testimony whereof L have hereunto set my hand iu'the presence 'of-' two subscribing witnesses.

EDGAR A, MGNFORT.

Witnesses:

Janns L, NoRRIs, .LHA. RUTHE anomn and'also being adapted to connect the latter withthe wires in the cartridge. when 

